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CASEWORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("caseworm" is a kind of...):
larva (the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caseworm"):
caddisworm; strawworm (larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris)
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